Ilan Ramon

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Ilan Ramon was the first Israeli astronaut, a payload specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli Air Force officer
astronaut
fighter pilot
human
burialPlace Nahalal Military Cemetery
causeOfDeath Columbia disaster
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

aeronautic accident
child Assaf Ramon
commemoratedBy Haifa Airport
surface form: Ilan Ramon Airport

Ramon Crater Visitor Center
countryOfCitizenship Israel
dateOfBirth 1954-06-20
dateOfDeath 2003-02-01
educatedAt Tel Aviv University
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Ramon
fieldOfStudy electronics and computer engineering
givenName Ilan
languageSpoken English
Hebrew
militaryBranch Israeli Air Force
militaryRank colonel
notableAchievement first Israeli astronaut
notableFor carrying a miniature Torah scroll from a Holocaust survivor on STS-107
observing kosher dietary laws in space
notableWork STS-107
numberOfChildren 4
occupation astronaut
military officer
test pilot
participantIn STS-107
STS-107
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107
placeOfBirth Israel
Ramat Gan
placeOfDeath Texas
United States of America
surface form: United States
positionHeld payload specialist
religion Judaism
representedCountryInSpace Israel
servedInWar 1982 Lebanon War
surface form: Lebanon War

Yom Kippur War
sexOrGender male
spaceAgency NASA
spaceMission STS-107
spouse Rona Ramon
tookPartIn Operation Opera
wasOnBoard Space Shuttle Columbia

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